Multiple Choice Questions

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Which on eof the following is a saprophytic bryophyte?

  • Riccia fluitans

  • Buxbaumia aphylla

  • Funaria hygrometrica

  • Sphagnum


B.

Buxbaumia aphylla

Bryophytes usually grow in moist and shady places. Some bryophytes grow in diverse habitats such as:

  1. Aquatic- eg Riccia fluitans
  2. Epiphytic- eg Dendroceros and many mosses
  3. Sapophytic- eg Buxbaumia aphylla
  4. Dry habitats- eg Polytrichum juniperinum
  5. Deserts- eg Tortula desertorum
  6. Dry rocks- eg Porella platyphylla


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Agar- agar is obtained from

  • Chlorella

  • Spirogyra

  • Ulothrix

  • Gelidium


Which of the following is/ are grouped under phanerogams?

  • Angiosperms

  • Gymnosperms

  • Pteridophytes

  • Both (a) and (b)


Calyptra is derived from

  • archaegonia

  • capsule

  • antheridia

  • columella


Male gamete in angiosperm is produced by

  • generative cell

  • microspore cell

  • vegetative cell

  • tube cell


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The ability of the venus flytrap to capture insects is due to

  • chemical stimulation by the prey

  • a passive process requiring no special ability on the part of the plant

  • specialized "muscle-like" cells

  • rapid turgor pressure changes


Phytochrome is present in

  • vascular cryptogam

  • prokaryotes

  • flowering plants

  • algae


Vessels and companion cells are found in

  • angiosperm

  • pteridophytes

  • bryophytes

  • thallophytes


Iodine is obtained from 

  • Laminaria

  • Chlorella

  • Polysiphonia

  • Porphyra


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Which of the following is not the feature of gymnosperms?

  • parallel venation

  • perennial plants

  • distinct branches (long and short branches)

  • xylem with vessels


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